that in English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts? In Old England when customers got unruly, the bartender used to yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. This is where we get "mind your own P's and Q's".
that before the invention of the thermometer, brewers used to check the temperature by dipping their thumb to find out whether it was time to add the yeast? If it was too hot, the yeast would die. This is where we get the phrase "the rule of thumb".
that about 4000 years ago, it was the accepted practice in Babylonia for the bride's father to supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink for a month? Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" or what we now know today as the "honeymoon".
that a long time ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim of their mugs or ceramic/glass cups? The whistle was used to order services. This is where we get the phrase "wet your whistle".
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